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Real-life Hurt Locker: how bomb-proof suits work
Say you’re a professional bomb defuser, like the soldiers in the Oscar-nominated film The Hurt Locker — and the bomb you’re working on suddenly goes off. Do you just kiss your adrenaline-addicted ass goodbye? No — odds are you’re wearing an EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) suit, which means you actually have a fighting chance of walking away alive.

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